Ann Drew
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Ann joined WEX in 2014, bringing to the company nearly 15 years of experience in business risk strategy and management, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. As Chief Risk & Compliance Officer (CRCO), Ann is responsible for managing all of WEX’s enterprise risk management efforts, which include global oversight of WEX’s regulated financial service entities, corporate compliance, credit and fraud risk management, third party risk management and organizational resilience. In 2024, the Global Service & Operations (GSO) organization moved under Risk & Compliance. GSO supports all the lines of business at WEX with team members working around the globe to deliver best-in-class customer experiences in call centers, onboarding, implementation, claims and back-office processing, customer support, and internal project management, strategy and operations.
She previously served as Senior Vice President, and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, overseeing WEX’s global programs covering ethics and compliance, enterprise risk management and organizational resilience, and the provision of legal support involving Bank governance and regulatory matters, privacy, litigation, human resources, and procurement.
Prior to joining WEX, Ann was Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for SIG SAUER and IDEXX Laboratories, where she advised on domestic and international legal matters, built compliance and ethics programs, set reporting strategies, and supported the general counsel with corporate governance, board matters and SEC reporting. Ann also worked in private practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green in New Hampshire and served as a law clerk for Judge Eugene E. Siler Jr. of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. She holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where she graduated first in her class, and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. She is active in her community supporting nonprofits with missions that she is passionate about and she holds a seat on the Board of Directors of Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute and the Dempsey Center.
